Joseph II of Austria

Joseph II of Austria (13 March 1741-20 February 1790) was the Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Habsburg lands. He reigned from 1765 to 1790 and was called one of the Three Great Enlightenment Monarchs along with Catherine the Great and Frederick the Great. He was the founder of Josephinism, reducing censorship in the press as well as tolerating religious diversity (stopping apartheid policies between Germans and Jews).